Crossover Circus! With Prizes to Boot!

Many of you are familiar with many, many MMOs. From EverQuest to Dark Age of Camelot to The Matrix Online and everything else in between. Oh, and Warcraft! Others of us, however, are only familiar with a few, if even just one.

Zam.com is hosting an Age of Conan contest called the "Venture into Hyboria." To enter, you visit their forum thread and write a short back story explaining how your MMO avatar made it to Hyboria. It can be serious, funny, or silly - some of you who are more inclined to back stories and RP might get a kick out of it! One lucky grand prize winner will get a GameRigs custom desktop gaming PC system in an Age of Conan case!

"Age of Conan", what?! Well, sort of. The idea of the contest is that your character from your favorite MMO (WoW, DAoC, whatever!) ventures into Hyboria, a setting for Age of Conan. Think of it as a cameo appearance by your character in another game!

Here's a direct link to the Zam.com forums. You want more prizes? See the full list after the break!

One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive a GamesRig Custom Age of Conan Desktop Gaming PC, a copy of Age of Conan and a three (3) month game card. Estimated retail value of the grand prize is $3,062.

Twelve (12) Winners will be selected to receive One (1) copy of Age of Conan. Estimated retail value of each copy of Age of Conan is $19.99.

Nine (9) Winners will be selected to receive Two (2) Month Game Cards. Estimated retail value of Two (2) Month Game Cards is $29.99.

Twelve (12) Winners will be selected to receive Thirty (30) Day Game Cards. Estimated retail value of a Thirty (30) Day Game Card is $14.99.

One (1) Winner will be selected to receive a One (1) Year Game Card. Estimated retail value of a One (1) Year Game Card is $160.00.

Comments

Comment by Queggy

Comment by Lugburz

yeah....idk sounds like the creators of Age of Conan need some more advertising.

Comment by Valoras

on 2009-04-20T19:57:32-05:00

Yeeeaaaa.... sounds nice.. but me being the diehard WoW addict I am.. Meh.. I think I shall have to pass on this one. :(

Comment by slicendice101

on 2009-04-20T20:07:03-05:00

I know nothing about Age of Conan, and I plan on keeping that way. I once spoke spanish in a french class in school a long time ago. Crossovers are bad.

Comment by TheNacho

on 2009-04-20T20:09:13-05:00

Just sounds like another AoC advertising campaign, the game's been failing recently.

inb4 frontpage ad

Comment by Draknorr

on 2009-04-20T22:42:44-05:00

I'll say even if you're not really interested in AoC, I'd recommend entering this. The chances of getting the computer are incredibly high right now due to the number of entries. It doesn't have to be nearly as long/creative as some of the current entries, just a few lines works. It's random winners, not judged.

Comment by Slimda

on 2009-04-21T02:55:56-05:00

Eligibility: The sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia, who are eighteen (18) years or older at the time of entry.

Typical American, leave the rest of the world behind. Hmf.

Comment by Roath

on 2009-04-21T03:22:03-05:00

getting kinda irritating that these contest almost never include Europe or other regions :(

But still, nice contest as i enjoy both games (which is why i'm sad i cant participate since i'm from Europe)

Comment by linkslife

on 2009-04-21T07:09:31-05:00

What I find amazing is that WoWHead knows that The Matrix Online exists! WOOOOO! Score one for the redheaded step-child of SOE!

Comment by TheRebel444

on 2009-04-21T07:24:40-05:00

I watched the AoC trailer, its pure feminism.Theyre advertising like hell cos theyre losing customers :p theyre even advertising on XFire lol, with the motto going something like this: Who said Fur Bikinis are out of fashion?

Comment by perfectfromnowon

on 2009-04-21T07:33:15-05:00

I watched the AoC trailer, its pure feminism.Theyre advertising like hell cos theyre losing customers :p theyre even advertising on XFire lol, with the motto going something like this: Who said Fur Bikinis are out of fashion?

I think the word you're looking for is sexism.

Comment by Slimda

on 2009-04-21T08:05:24-05:00

Feminism and Sexism are like polar oposites of eachother. :-)

Comment by magitek1

on 2009-04-21T08:13:21-05:00

Requires me to register....and I dont really want to dirty my room with an AoC case.

Comment by Slimda

on 2009-04-21T08:14:44-05:00

Requires me to register....and I dont really want to dirty my room with an AoC case.

It's actually a pretty decent PvP-game, which is suffering from a bad reputation.

Comment by Random0098

on 2009-04-21T09:06:48-05:00

With Prizes to Boot? I get prizes? yay!

Comment by jh443

on 2009-04-21T09:43:24-05:00

Zam.com is hosting an Age of Conan contest called the "Venture into Hyboria." To enter, you visit their forum thread and write a short back story explaining how your MMO avatar made it to Hyboria. It can be serious, funny, or silly - some of you who are more inclined to back stories and RP might get a kick out of it!

Well, ya see, it was like this: There I was, taking the boat from Menethil Harbor to Valgarde. It had just cleared the dock few seconds ago... when I got disconnected from the server. When I logged back in, there I was - in Hyboria! :D

Comment by KittyKat77

on 2009-04-21T09:56:22-05:00

Feminism and Sexism are like polar oposites of eachother. :-)

Actually, in some cases feminism is just sexism towards men, sprayed with patchouli, and accepted as "politically correct." ;-)

I don't really care to try another RPG, but typing a few lines of text for a chance at a new gaming-optimized PC... how hard is that?

Comment by GoGoGodzilla

on 2009-04-21T10:15:55-05:00

I don't really care to try another RPG, but typing a few lines of text for a chance at a new gaming-optimized PC... how hard is that?

Which is essentially the point! This contest may appeal more to people who like to write their character backgrounds or enjoy the RP scene, but it also may appeal to people who like prizes!

Comment by TheReal

on 2009-04-21T20:59:52-05:00

I'll enter, but only because I can resell any winnings. Well, maybe.

Comment by crovax3000

on 2009-04-22T05:34:02-05:00

I played AoC right from launch.

For about a week.

The only good part about the game was that there seemed to be an overlying tone of maturity amongst the players, which my friends and myself took upon ourselves to destroy. Within 24 hours of launch, we became the most hated guild on our server, and were on everyone's KoS lists. About a month later, we all quit.

We have the same guild on WoW, and pretty much still *!@# with people on a daily basis.